US12004379B2ActiveUtilityA1

Display device

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Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO LTDPriority: Nov 30, 2020Filed: Nov 15, 2021Granted: Jun 4, 2024
Est. expiryNov 30, 2040(~14.4 yrs left)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
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Claims

Abstract

A display device can include a plurality of light emitting parts disposed to correspond to a plurality of pixel electrodes in a display area, a plurality of transmission parts, each transmission part among the plurality of transmission parts being disposed at a side of at least one of the plurality of light emitting parts; and a touch metal having a plurality of first touch metals extending in a first direction and a plurality of second touch metals extending in a second on the plurality of pixel electrodes. Also, each of the plurality of pixel electrodes includes a plurality of sub-pixel electrodes, and each of the plurality of sub-pixel electrodes is divided into a plurality of parts connected to each other by a sub-pixel connecting part narrower than each part among the plurality of parts, in which a portion of the first touch metals is disposed above the sub-pixel connecting part.

Claims

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What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A display device comprising:
 a plurality of light emitting parts disposed to correspond to a plurality of pixel electrodes disposed in a display area; 
 a plurality of transmission parts, each transmission part among the plurality of transmission parts being disposed at a side of at least one of the plurality of light emitting parts; and 
 a touch metal having a plurality of first touch metals extending in a first direction and a plurality of second touch metals extending in a second direction different from the first direction on the plurality of pixel electrodes, 
 wherein each of the plurality of pixel electrodes comprises a plurality of sub-pixel electrodes, and 
 each of the plurality of sub-pixel electrodes is divided into a plurality of parts connected to each other by a sub-pixel connecting part narrower than each part among the plurality of parts, wherein a portion of the plurality of first touch metals is disposed above the sub-pixel connecting part. 
 
     
     
       2. The display device of  claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of sub-pixel electrodes comprises a first electrode part and a second electrode part, and
 the first electrode part and the second electrode part are connected to a sub-pixel connecting part. 
 
     
     
       3. The display device of  claim 2 , wherein the first electrode part has a longer length in the first direction than in the second direction, and
 the second electrode part has a longer length in the second direction than in the first direction. 
 
     
     
       4. The display device of  claim 2 , wherein the plurality of light emitting parts comprises a plurality of sub-light emitting parts disposed to correspond to the plurality of sub-pixel electrodes,
 each of the plurality of sub-light emitting parts comprises a first light emitting part disposed to correspond to the first electrode part and a second light emitting part disposed to correspond to the second electrode part, and 
 sizes of the first light emitting part and the second light emitting part are the same, or, a difference between the size of the first light emitting part and the size of the second light emitting part is within 10%. 
 
     
     
       5. The display device of  claim 2 , further comprising:
 a transistor connecting part and a repair part disposed between the first electrode part and the second electrode part by protruding from the sub-pixel connecting part, 
 wherein the transistor connecting part is electrically connected with a drive transistor configured to drive one of the plurality of sub-pixel electrodes, and 
 the repair part is electrically connected with an adjacent drive transistor configured to drive one of other sub-pixel electrodes disposed adjacently to the drive transistor. 
 
     
     
       6. The display device of  claim 5 , wherein the repair part overlaps and is disposed on a source electrode or a drain electrode of the adjacent drive transistor configured to drive one of the other sub-pixel electrodes adjacently to the drive transistor. 
     
     
       7. The display device of  claim 5 , wherein the repair part, the sub-pixel connecting part, and the transistor connecting part are disposed in order or in reverse order in the first direction. 
     
     
       8. The display device of  claim 2 , wherein each of the plurality of first touch metals comprises:
 a first touch metal group disposed between the sub-pixel electrodes disposed adjacently to each other in the second direction; 
 a second touch metal group disposed at a first side of the first touch metal group and disposed between the first electrode part and the second electrode part included in a same sub-pixel electrode; and 
 a third touch metal group disposed at a second side of the first touch metal group and disposed between the first electrode part and the second electrode part included in the same sub-pixel electrode, 
 wherein each of the second touch metals comprises a fourth touch metal group disposed between the sub-pixel electrodes disposed adjacently to each other in the first direction. 
 
     
     
       9. The display device of  claim 8 , wherein at least one of the first touch metal group, the second touch metal group, the third touch metal group, and the fourth touch metal group comprises at least three touch wires. 
     
     
       10. The display device of  claim 8 , wherein the first touch metal group, the second touch metal group, the third touch metal group, and the fourth touch metal group are connected with each other and constitute a plurality of touch electrodes. 
     
     
       11. The display device of  claim 10 , wherein the first touch metal group, the second touch metal group, the third touch metal group, and the fourth touch metal group constituting the plurality of touch electrodes are disposed on the same layer,
 at least one of more of touch wires constituting the first touch metal group, the second touch metal group, and the third touch metal group is a touch routing wire configured to electrically connect one of the plurality of touch electrodes with a touch sensing circuit, and 
 another touch electrode separated from the one of the plurality of touch electrodes comprises the fourth touch metal group comprising bridges. 
 
     
     
       12. The display device of  claim 10 , wherein the first touch metal group, the second touch metal group, and the third touch metal group constituting the plurality of touch electrodes are disposed on the same layer,
 the fourth touch metal group is disposed on a layer different from the layer on which the first touch metal group, the second touch metal group, and the third touch metal group are disposed, and 
 at least one or more of touch wires constituting the first touch metal group, the second touch metal group, and the third touch metal group is a routing wire configured to electrically connect one of the plurality of touch electrodes with a touch sensing circuit, 
 wherein the routing wire is connected with at least one or more of the plurality of touch electrodes through a touch wire hole. 
 
     
     
       13. The display device of  claim 2 , wherein the first electrode part has a different shape than the second electrode part. 
     
     
       14. The display device of  claim 2 , wherein the first electrode part and the second electrode part have rectangular shapes. 
     
     
       15. The display device of  claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of pixel electrodes has one shape among a rhombus, a diamond, a cross, and a square, and
 the plurality of sub-pixel electrodes include a red sub-pixel, a green sub-pixel, a blue sub-pixel, and a white sub-pixel. 
 
     
     
       16. The display device of  claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of transmission parts is surrounded by at least some of the plurality of light emitting parts, and
 each of the plurality of transmission parts has one shape among a rhombus, a diamond, a square, an octagon, and a circle. 
 
     
     
       17. The display device of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 an encapsulation layer, 
 a cathode electrode disposed between the plurality of pixel electrodes and the plurality of first touch metals or the plurality of second touch metals, 
 a dam disposed at a periphery of the encapsulation layer, and 
 a touch pad part disposed at outside of an outermost light emitting part among the plurality of light emitting parts. 
 
     
     
       18. The display device of  claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of first touch metals comprises:
 a first touch metal group disposed between the sub-pixel electrodes disposed adjacently to each other in the second direction. 
 
     
     
       19. The display device of  claim 18 , wherein each of the plurality of first touch metals further comprises:
 a second touch metal group disposed at a first side of the first touch metal group and disposed between a first electrode part and a second electrode part included in a same sub-pixel electrode; and 
 a third touch metal group disposed at a second side of the first touch metal group and disposed between the first electrode part and the second electrode part included in the same sub-pixel electrode. 
 
     
     
       20. The display device of  claim 19 , wherein each of the second touch metals comprises a fourth touch metal group disposed between the sub-pixel electrodes disposed adjacently to each other in the first direction.

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